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Autoshaping
A respondent conditioning procedure that generates skeletal responses. For example, a key light is turned on a few seconds before grain is presented to a pigeon. After several pairings of key light and grain, the bird begins to peck the key. This effect was first reported as autoshaping, an automatic way to teach pigeons to key peck.
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